Emergency Room Visit Cost - Buyer Experiences and Price Information

Took my daughter to ER for a fever, she was puking and lethargic, I took her in spent mayb 2.5 hr there and spoke to the doctor ONCE and a nurse maybe twice just asked question, no tests no IV or anything, got a bill for 2,900! How is that possible?

Given a history of prior heart attack the sudden elevation of BP had me concerned enough to warrant a ER visit.
We spent 3 hours total at the hospital with ~2 minutes of Dr. face time. The BP was treated with multiple doses of Clonidine over the three hour period until it was under 150.
Hospitals charge for facilities; i.e. room and a bed for 3 hours: $7,662.00.
EKG" $107.00
Pulse ox monitor rental: $79.00
Dr and staff professional fees: $1,967.00
CBC lab work: $171.00.
A facilities charge for use of a room @ $2,500 an hour is immoral if not criminal.

I was in the hall way all evening took me in a room for a very short time long enough to get insurance info and Dr... Came in room said didn't find anything... As I was trying to ask question his phone rang he never came back. The nurse came back to release me. Went back to my Dr. Office told him I was still not feeling well he did some swelling tests my #'s should have been 14 and 6 it was over 300 and over 250. What's the point of going to ER if they won't/ can't help you extremely frustrated

I just moved to Arkansas and new job but no insurance yet. There was no discount, no payment plan. This was my first kidney stone so I really had no idea what was happening. After 3 hours of waiting, finally the scan, then they gave me fluids. I never saw a doctor (but charged $2,020. for one). However he did poke his head in to say nothing showed up on the scan, you are free to go home now (while smiling). I was crying and in pain. They unhooked the 20 minutes worth of IV fluids that I was billed $409.oo for. Pain rx was supposed to be in IV, but I did not have it long enough for any relief. All that with no diagnosis, No prescription for pain. No solution. Just bye. Very uncaring and unprofessional

Upon my observation the Injured parts hurts is usually swollen and may be bruised distorted bent,or out of place due to the hard hit he took during the football game we was able to determine the ligament was torn these structure given the body it's form, make it stable, and enable it to move treatment depends on the type and severity of the fracture it will take about 6 to 8 weeks to heal.

Contracted ER doctor charged $1600 for 2-3 minutes of his time and had to wait in pain a long time for tests to be done and got a separate bill for over $2300 from the hospital. Dr bill is way way too high and no explanation for charges just received a total due. Have called hospital billing dept 10-15 times to attempt to work out payment and cannot get anything but voicemail.

WTF? My son was having testicular pain. They did an ultrasound. Found nothing. Sent home. $3500 Bill. Absurd! Vote out the old, vote in the new!

Wife took in our son to ER late weekend night after all Urgent Care's were closed. 30 minute visit = $1,400. $200 doctor fee who saw my son for all of 2 minutes and $1,200 for all of 15 minutes sitting in the ER provided room.

Got hit by a tree in hurricane spent maybe 5 hours in er someone drove me, I left the same day walked in walked out got 2 CT scans 1 was contrast. 2 Ivs 2700 bucks for doctor bill 1700 for the CT scans and 35,000 for the ER visit. Only seen the Dr 2 or 3 times mostly to argue I was not staying! Just saying it cost about 8,000 grand an hour!

Husband had some kind of infection fever rapid pulse. Coded him did a bunch of tests gave him an iv antibiotic and said sinus infection? 12,000 bill

4660.63 for a freaking xray which they missed the fracture on. Sent my son home told him to bear weight. Took four weeks to get his mri approved that then showed a feacture and doc said he should NOT have been weightbearing. Fighting bill we have insurance but this new hospital was not technically covered die to lag in paperwork since new so instead of doing the right thing they seized the oportunity to attempt to screw us. Refuse to work with ins and discount —- horrid crooks. Insurance says $4456.07 OVER customary charges and they say tough shit. Do NOT go here.

Daughter passed out while giving blood. Unresponsive so called 911 she woke up and felt nauseous they recommended hospital to check her over. I followed and ran by house to grab her change of clothes and when i got there they had done an ekg for good measure and released her no treatment. Insurance discount $2472 ??? $2880 paid by ins plus $420 by us what in the fuck? Why are we allowing this corruption????

Never got to see a real doctor only a PA, Charged $1772.00 for about two hours, quick X-ray and throw into the street. Never again. Goto Urgent Care it would have been $200-300, ER's are over-priced and all the seem to care about was billing not the care of the patient.. Next time I will just die in the street because the working class cannot afford to live and this is with insurance. Today's insurance is useless as it doesn't kick in until 1500/3000 and I though I had the best policy. It used to be a 150 copay pre-obama. Boy did the working class get screwed in this deal.

Went in 8/1/18 with a bug in my ear. I panicked. Called my pcp she sent me to er. Get to er,taken back fairly quickly. Nurse practitioner came in peeked in my ear confirming there was a bug. Put some numbing drops in my ear. Let me lay for a few minutes. Cane in with pair of tweezers. Tried 2 times to remove bug. Seemed either scared to keep trying or in a hurry to get me out. Have me a syringe and sent me home with instructions to put vinegar in my ear 4x/day to try and dissolve bug and flush out. Also gave me a number for ear nose throat specialistsaying if i absolutely couldn't take it i should go see them. It's 9/14. I still have some of the big in my ear. Spentall this time trying to flush it out at home. Since August 22 have been requesting an itemized bill and have yet to get it,despite having been told 3 times now that it's in the mail. Also being charged for a dr who did not exam me. Walked in said bug in ear and walked out.

Spent a total of 1.5 hours tops and received an IV and epinephrine, no tests. Paid $1800 out of pocket with my insurance.

No testing required; nurse checked my blood pressure and temp, doc walked in and talked for about 5-10 minutes, said "come back if it gets worse" and sent me home. And for this, they charge nearly $3,000 USD? This country's medical system is criminal.

I woke up having breathing problems. I went to nearby non-hospital THH office. Nurse took blood pressure and temperature. Dr came in the room and spent less than 10 minutes and stated I had sinus infection. Nurse gave me steroid shot and told me if I was not better in 8 hours to go to the hospital ER room since they were not a full ER facility. I spent total time (wait time and room time) of 45 minutes. I will never seek medical treatment at any Texas Health Resource facility again.

So a coworker sliced his finger opened whilst he was cutting veggies. I took him to the ER and the nurse gave him 2 options (he had no insurance), he could clean the wound and wrap it for $400 or clean the wound, add stitches and wrap it for, I think, $1200. He took the least expensive option. He could've done that himself for a few bucks but damn $400??

was told the fee was 300 while being discharged which seemed reasonable until I get a letter from a 3rd party less than 30 days later saying I had a balance of 10150 dollars... Was stunned and pissed

Severe pain for about 8 hours also vomiting. So go to the kaiser emergency room long story short I have gallstones I was there for about 5 hours. I have a 6800 out of pocket maximum deductible so I feel like they just charge as much as they can to get your money. So crazy expensive

I had a piece of meat stuck in my throat, my husband did the Heimlich maneuver, but was unable to remove meat. I was throwing up foam for 7 hours straight until we decided to go to the ER. I do not have Health Insurance. This is what they charged me for being at the ER for 4 hours:
PHARMACY $26.74
IV THERAPY $332.08
LAB $33.03
CHEST X-RAY $251.24
ANESTHESIA $35.96
ER LEVEL 4 $1,569.67
DRUGS $322.82
GASTR INTS LV 2 $ 180.54
GI FEE $397.49

Had back pain and short of breath. I was worried about a heart attack. They did and ECG and multiple blood and urine tests. Not a heart attack so checked kidneys. Did a CT scan. Saw doctor within 20 minutes. Ultimately spent 4 hrs there, mostly waiting for test results.
Turned out to be a cyst on my kidney. Was given a referral to a specialist.
I am an American- Canadian dual citizen living in Canada, so this visit cost me nothing. And the specialist visit will cost me nothing.
(Of course I pay taxes but I can go to the ER a hundred times and I will never get a bill. And my ability to pay will never have to be considered when deciding whether or not to seek medical care).
Universal health care works.

Outrageous is all I can say. I went to a satellite ER. I was diagnosed, given a non-refillable prescription for Hydrocodone (10 tablets) and sent home to pass the stone. Two weeks later and it still hasn't passed. I don't have health insurance so this will be out of pocket.

Just crazy got bills totalling about USD2k. Can you believe that. Even a brain surgery doesn't cost that much in my country Malaysia. The health care is excellent and free. The government hospitals are top notch. The best private top notch hospital and doctors for a laceration on my son cost USD$50 without insurance. This is just sick, sick sick USD2000 for antibiotics. Just perverted sick sick sick system. Real perversion of the medical profession.

I almost had a heart attack when I saw the bill for this. Thank God the person who hit me was insured. The doctor did no "hands on" physical exam, questions only. Ordered head, neck and lower back CTs. Final disposition was a couple days worth of muscle relaxants and pain meds. How in God's green earth does that equate to $21,000? And we wonder why insurance is more expensive every year and we are in a health care crisis?!

I spent 2 1/2 hours in the ER. The IV push with painkiller helped, I had a ct scan to confirm that I had a kidney stone, was referred to a urologist and sent on my way. They billed me for more than $17,000 as a cash pay patient

It was late on a Sunday night when I fell and dislocated my finger. Even though their was only one patient other then me in the ER it took 3 hours to see a doctor. After xrays the doctor stsed no need to bother numbing it up. Needless to say it hurt worse him pulling on my finger then when I did it. Gave me no medication for pain and insisted on giving expensive $20.00 cold packs that llasted 15 minutes instead of free ice.it took 1 minute for the doctor to pull on my finger and his price was $1800.00. The only reasonable cost was for the radiologist who look at the xrays for $35.00. Healthcare is unsustainable unless we change the system. To top it off the guy was totally rude and my finger never healed correctly.

tring to get info. like pulling eye teeth. that is just the dr pay since don'tkown anything ,not sure

Presented at the ER with pneumonia. Was seen in less than 5 minutes. Chest X-ray, full panel blood work, IV pain meds and antibiotic, oxygen and medication to take home. Skilled and lovely staff. I've been treated for pneumatic numerous times in the US and, even though my insurance doesn't cover Mexico - if I could I go there for all treatment. Awesome hospital.

Hit my head hard and had speech deficit and blurry/double vision. Urgent care advised I go to Emergency because they had MRI. I was able to understand what I was told, but really having difficulty finding words and talking. I was at ER for less than 2 hours, saw ONLY a Physician Assistant, was hooked up to BP and monitor (apparently for show, since nobody commented on the elevated blood pressure.) They sent me to imaging for an MRI scan to make sure I didn't have a brain bleed, and rolled me back to my 'room'. Waited 40 minutes to have the PA pop his head in to tell me the MRI was clear, then the nurse came in with gauze and saline to clean my abrasions and they gave me a written prescription for eye medication.
No bloodwork, no labs of any kind, no IV, no medications, just an MRI and simple wound cleaning. (Which I could have done at home) ..and I wasn't even seen by a doctor..
No justification for charging over $7k to insurance. Plus co-pay.